Somehow, since returning to work over a year ago I’ve managed to avoid any overseas trips. That’s about to end in dramatic style with a ten day trip. Without my son. I did try to mastermind some scheme where I could take him with me, but I’ll be working such long days even if he was… Continue reading Travelling Without a Toddler

Thanks for visiting my site. My blog has now moved to http://www.ellamentalmama.com This post is now available here Dear son, I’ve been having one of those days today. Well, I’ve been having it most days lately. You know the ones. Where you won’t do anything I ask. Where you run in the opposite direction and… Continue reading It’s Not You, It’s Me

#1. Catching my son eating soil from the flower pot present thing I got for Christmas (see photo), only for him to insist it was chocolate. What crappy chocolate did Santa get him! #2. My son learning to high jump out of his cot. Bedtime now involves three hours of me returning him to his cot… Continue reading 5 Down, 360 To Go: My First Parenting Fails of 2016